On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Alin Năstac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Basically I need a pkg_create() that will be executed only in the
> > context of the upcoming "ebuild ${PF}.ebuild create" command.
>
> This isn't something that should be done in an ebuild. It's more
> suitable to an external script maintained by the appropriate herd.except that it makes transition of maintenance of packages from person to person, herd to herd, whatever to monkey, a lot easier. not everything has a herd and not every herd has a standard (or anything close) as to how these things are done. having a useful helper function in an ebuild eases and standardizes all of these things. > There's no point cluttering up the tree with something that is of no > use to end users. incorrect. end users can utilize these functions just as easily as a developer to help test a new tarball not yet in the tree. -mike
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